Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector globally and protein provisioning from
aquaculture now exceeds that from wild capture fisheries. There is clear potential for the …

Karenia mikimotoi is a worldwide bloom-forming dinoflagellate in the genus Karenia.
Blooms of this alga have been observed since the 1930s and have caused mass mortalities …

Lelong A., Hégaret H., Soudant P. and Bates SS 2012. Pseudo-nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae)
species, domoic acid and amnesic shellfish poisoning: revisiting previous paradigms …

Abstract In the Southeast Asian region, the Philippines and Malaysia are two of the most
affected by Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). Using long-term observations of HAB events, we …

Bivalve aquaculture, in particular oyster, clam, scallop and mussel culture, is a globally
increasing activity. Increased bivalve production translates inevitably into increased impact …

Reefs and beds formed by oysters such as the Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica and the
Olympia oyster, Ostrea lurida Carpenter 1864 were dominant features in many estuaries …

Seafood is an important source of high quality animal protein. As the result of rapid growth of
global population in the past 50 years, bivalve farming has played an increasingly important …

Bivalves are carriers of toxins produced by harmful algal blooms (HAB) species and were
initially thought to be relatively unaffected. However, in recent years, increasing evidence …

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) can have both lethal and sublethal impacts on shellfish. To
understand the possible roles of haemocytes in bivalve immune responses to HABs and …

Filter-feeder bivalves and phytoplankton are interdependent. Their interaction plays
important role in estuarine and coastal ecosystem. The correlation between bivalve feeding …